I have failed to build a ongoing blog many times. But always had followed many of them. I want to collect some common practices that I see in blogging practices and give my thoughts on. Just as a note to myself when I eventually decide to rebuild this blog once again. FYI, this will be evolving list.
1) HTTPS is a must.
Totally agree with this one. With Let’s Encrypt
being an awesome non-profit Certificate authority, there is no reason, one
should not have ssl certificates setup. Its 2020, this is the least expected.
2) RSS is still pretty good.
RSS is great and all blogs should have one. I tend not to follow blogs which
don’t have rss feeds. Its just simpler.
Also add RSS auto discovery to all pages on your site.
3) Dynamic websites are an overkill.
Dynamic websites do make things easier but for a blog that is maintained by one
single person, it is overkill. Static sites load faster and you don’t need any
dynamic content.
4) Keep the website minimal.
People go to blog to read and it is always good to make the website simple to
navigate and fast to load. No need for fancy JS or any moving parts.
